Scripps Middle School

Scripps Middle School is one of the mid-tier junior highs in LAKE ORION, Michigan, part of Lake Orion Community Schools, with 446 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Lake Orion Community Schools comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 6,472 students; Scripps Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Scripps Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Oakland County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Scripps Middle School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Oakland County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Scripps Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.9%; this one delivers 59.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Oakland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,760 per year, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Scripps Middle School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County (combined enrollment of about 169,926 students).

The closest other public school is Stadium Drive Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Scripps Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 71% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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